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102. Do we know if he was diagnosed with Mental Illness

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Sun May 25, 2014, 06:07 PM

May 2014

or is it just the tired scapegoating?

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From Elliot Rodger's memoir: "I truly had no advantage at all. The Universe was not kind to me" [View all] cali May 2014 OP

his facebook page cali May 2014 #1

He certainly was in love with himself Cali_Democrat May 2014 #4

That's what's on most peoples facebook pages Renew Deal May 2014 #29

Link to his manifesto, a pitful, pathetic human being: joshcryer May 2014 #54

If there is an afterlife DonCoquixote May 2014 #2

It wasn't just he money. He had many advantages. cali May 2014 #3

he was jealous and angry of others having anything he didn't from his first memory at three. bettyellen May 2014 #5

Mental health issues for sure. nt Logical May 2014 #6

Do we know if he was diagnosed with Mental Illness phil89 May 2014 #102

He makes mention in his "manifesto" SoCalNative May 2014 #105

I know you are ready to execute him already! n-t Logical May 2014 #109

In his "manifesto" wheniwasincongress May 2014 #7

I have come to really dislike the word woo to describe roguevalley May 2014 #22

How about "bullshit" wheniwasincongress May 2014 #27

I agree, and you know what? whathehell May 2014 #103

I caught a blurb of that as well... Mojo Electro May 2014 #81

What he really wanted was standingtall May 2014 #8

sociopath. he didn't grasp or care that other people existed in their own right. cali May 2014 #14

^^^THIS^^^ Tom Ripley May 2014 #43

He would have made PasadenaTrudy May 2014 #28

Yes, so sad he wasn't better at advanced mathematics hatrack May 2014 #62

you aren't kidding about the raging snob thing, holy crap! m-lekktor May 2014 #9

Reading it is a disservice to 14 grieving parents. Fred Sanders May 2014 #13

no it's not. and it's not disrespectful either. And I'm quite certain that you have no right to cali May 2014 #15

It is my opinion. Nothing to do with the parents. I bet they would agree, let the experts read it. Fred Sanders May 2014 #85

It might be a useful study on these types of people. Ash_F May 2014 #51

Of course. You, I and the media, we will misuse it, no expertise at all. Fred Sanders May 2014 #84

You speak for no one but yourself. Inkfreak May 2014 #87

More a way to avoid empty speculation, preferred method of the media and too many viewers. Fred Sanders May 2014 #88

That's fair. Ash_F May 2014 #89

As for why the parents didn't seek help sooner, or the proper help Lee-Lee May 2014 #10

I wouldn't jump to conclusions and blame the parents too much bhikkhu May 2014 #16

this kid needed intensive intervention by the time he was 4. have you read his memoir/manifesto? cali May 2014 #17

you're pretty right demigoddess May 2014 #100

Well then these parents aren't common as they called the police on their son SomethingFishy May 2014 #108

"A few weeks ago" Lee-Lee May 2014 #111

Armchair bullshit... SomethingFishy May 2014 #113

Life Lesson #1 The Universe as a whole could care less about you. hobbit709 May 2014 #11

"I kept searching for a job, but I still wasn't able to find one cali May 2014 #12

He reminds me of... CSStrowbridge May 2014 #18

The difference, however, is that the vast majority of them don't go on a killing spree. Gravitycollapse May 2014 #24

He was a subscriber to a multitude of pick-up artist and "men's rights" accounts !!! lunasun May 2014 #30

I skimmed through this and sort of came to the roguevalley May 2014 #31

....ya I skimmed it to and every paragraph I skimmed was jaw dropping Cali_Democrat May 2014 #41

... ellisonz May 2014 #48

megalomania, delusions of grandeur, etc... Blue_Tires May 2014 #56

Even the lottery was against him. I found it most amazing that kept expecting to win valerief May 2014 #80

The tone of the memoir was familiar betsuni May 2014 #19

Does it resemble the Unibomber Monifesto? AngryAmish May 2014 #72

It exudes a sense of superioity and narcisissm, but bears no resembence to the Unibomber Manifesto JHB May 2014 #98

He's an affluenza assoholic waste of oxygen. nt valerief May 2014 #20

No. He was a sociopath/psychopath. That he had an affluent background may have enhanced that cali May 2014 #21

He seems too preoccupied with the acceptance of others to be a psychopath. Gravitycollapse May 2014 #32

he didn't want to be accepted. he wanted to dominate because of his self-perceived superiority. cali May 2014 #58

Right. H2O Man May 2014 #67

hi, H20 Man, how are things in northern NY? cali May 2014 #69

The weather is beautiful! H2O Man May 2014 #77

He's not a psychopath. Mojo Electro May 2014 #82

Some are H2O Man May 2014 #86

True. Mojo Electro May 2014 #92

I don't know what personality disorder that Elliot Rodgers had, but it could be sociopath okojo May 2014 #99

+1 ellisonz May 2014 #46

I Don't have Empathy Either billhicks76 May 2014 #23

Stabbed? billhicks76 May 2014 #25

Or doped them somehow to subdue them. nt valerief May 2014 #83

Narcissism run amok. maced666 May 2014 #26

asperger's ellennelle May 2014 #33

+1 nt Live and Learn May 2014 #39

I look at this video from 2010 so he was 17/18y.o. gvstn May 2014 #40

His last psychiatrist prescribed risperidone which he refused to take. He had Xanax but didn't seaglass May 2014 #42

This is the nail hit squarely on the head. defacto7 May 2014 #44

+1 nt yuiyoshida May 2014 #49

ok you DonCoquixote May 2014 #55

+1000 dawg May 2014 #61

+100!! that post you responded to was very offensive freeplessinseattle May 2014 #66

She is speaking to a non-aspie audience defacto7 May 2014 #95

ok, but DonCoquixote May 2014 #97

Understood. defacto7 May 2014 #104

+100000 Jamastiene May 2014 #112

You should post more LittleBlue May 2014 #76

+1 for good information flamingdem May 2014 #90

The condition did not cause this tragedy. defacto7 May 2014 #96

conscience DonCoquixote May 2014 #94

Hard to diagnosis the dead. McCamy Taylor May 2014 #34

He doesn't remind me remotely of any schizophrenic I've known or worked with. cali May 2014 #59

The dude probably had a promising career on Wall St. given his personality trait. adirondacker May 2014 #35

No way. woolldog May 2014 #38

It's possible Blue_Tires May 2014 #52

Maybe. woolldog May 2014 #57

definitely NOT schizophrenic, nor schizo-affective ellennelle May 2014 #36

Isn't there some kind of tell defacto7 May 2014 #47

Well said; H2O Man May 2014 #68

I'm reading his manifesto now... woolldog May 2014 #37

How do we know what his parents tried to do? pnwmom May 2014 #45

It's pretty well defined and documented defacto7 May 2014 #50

I think the bigger topic should be the "murder spree" DontTreadOnMe May 2014 #53

I wonder how successful these murder sprees would be if our culture wasn't valerief May 2014 #64

I have no background in psychology, but there isn't a scintilla of doubt in my mind GreenEyedLefty May 2014 #60

Some things can't be fixed Abq_Sarah May 2014 #106

He got his twisted thinking from MRA sites. boston bean May 2014 #63

his thinking was twisted by the time he was a very young child. that is crystal clear in his 141 cali May 2014 #70

I think his view of his childhood written when he was older boston bean May 2014 #74

Do you wonder why they sent him off to an all-male English malaise May 2014 #65

I read every word of the manifesto. sociopath/psychopath- and I've worked with both cali May 2014 #71

He was one sick human being malaise May 2014 #79

His manifesto Abq_Sarah May 2014 #107

He wanted the sexiest dames and didn't realize he was a weirdo to them. WinkyDink May 2014 #73

He wasn't just looking to get laid. He deserved the ones boston bean May 2014 #75

Exactly. And to think: He was a "gentleman," not one of those lucky "brutes"! WinkyDink May 2014 #110

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2014 #78

Here we go again - TBF May 2014 #91

Agreed defacto7 May 2014 #93

That's a good way to put it - TBF May 2014 #101